Taking the weight off daddy's shoulders – dad advice, dad tips, dad jokes, dad life
I’m not one of those parents who is slow to recognise and praise the role played by my son’s grandparents. But one thing that really does get my goat is the different attitude my son has to doing tasks when I ask him versus when his grandmother asks him. A prime example of this involves his hat.
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This week’s funny parenting meme came to me while I was standing at a pedestrian crossing with my son.
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If I’ve learned anything over the past 10 days. It’s that school holidays + a heatwave = lots of flustered parents making empty threats about how they are going to ban TV.
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In an hour’s time, I’m going to pick my son up from nursery. I have no idea what he will have done today, but I can guarantee one thing: his teacher will inform me that “ate all of his lunch” .
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Yesterday, I went the local soft play and it was packed to the rafters. In other news, I’ve created a new parenting meme about how ridiculously busy soft play centres are during school holidays. Still, at least I wasn’t charged double the usual price for the privilege. Wait, yes, I was :-(.
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It’s Tuesday! To celebrate, I’ve created a Tyson Fury meme (note: for non-boxing fans, in his last fight he seemed to be knocked out cold, but somehow managed to get up). It’s all about the nightmare of getting a toddler to nap and I’m pretty sure it’s going to break the internet. Please like, share, etc…
I tend to view myself as a pretty co-ordinated fellow. But when you add extreme sleep deprivation to darkness chaos ensues. I know this, because the above funny parenting GIF is an almost 100% accurate recreation of Read more
You thought it was safe to sit down, take the weight off and watch the World Cup. Your toddler had other ideas :-(.
